Wonders of the Night Sky

Join us for this special edition of Wonders of the Night Sky, presented as part of the Nordic Music Days Festival. To highlight humanity's impact in space, we're proud to present Trioxia by artist Girilal Baars. 

You'll be immersed in the audio clutter of near-Earth-orbit, following which, you can take in the seasonal highlights of the sky above your head in a presenter-led tour of the stars before being whisked away on a trip to the solar system and the galaxy beyond. 

A 10 minute audio piece, Trioxia, takes place in near-Earth-orbit. It is a sound history of all the launched man-made objects cluttering up space around our planet. Using both documentary and created sounds the piece starts in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik and ends around 2020 having dealt with around 7000 launches and sounds.

Using correct orbital data for each documented launch, the accumulation of satellites in orbit is, to say the least, exponential. As a sound piece it is in a way both meditative and overwhelming.  

Trioxia was made with the help of funding from the Swedish Arts Council and the KEAR residency in Ohio, USA between 2020 and 2023. 

Tickets (£6.50) will be available by calling +44 141 420 5000 or in person at the Glasgow Science Centre